In today's fish wrap there is an AP story about how he used EPO and Lance did not.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_LANDIS_DOPING?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=SPORTS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-12-07-10-33

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Neither of the teammates ever had a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. Both said they never saw Armstrong take any banned substances.

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However, earlier this year he made a sworn statement in an aribtration hearing that Lance DID use EPO.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13499281/

Which is it?

Andreu swore that he HEARD Lance admit in the hospital that he (Lance) had used a variety of performance enhancing substances. This involved Frankie's wife. Lance was answering questions posed by his doctor (oncologist?). The doctor denies he heard the same things Frankie and his wife claimed to hear.

There is a pretty blunt column today on SI by E. M. Swift here:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/em_swift/09/12/armstrong/index.html

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Times uncovered that Andreu and his wife, Betsy, gave last fall during a lawsuit between Armstrong and SCA Promotions.

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Attyag:

Last time I checked, I'm not an atty, a lawsuit and an arbitration hearing are not the same. Much like crab meat and krab meat. They can taste similiar, but one can cost much more than the other. I wonder how much of these press stories are slightly "off".

I think the point the author is trying to make is that all of the testimony has been under oath, but one side has a whole lot more to lose, and thus has incentive to maybe not be 100% truthful.

I see it all the time at work. Both parties will be testifying under oath, but each side tells a story 180 degrees different than the other. They both can't be correct, yet they all took the same oath.

Arbitration is just an alternate method of resolving a dispute. It is not any less credible than a suit. It's just designed to reach a resolution without resorting to the high costs of a lawsuit. Everybody still agrees to abide by the oath to tell the truth.

I see your point AttyAg.